Iran says it has sent an expert delegation to Doha to follow up on the release of frozen Iranian funds. Published On 30 Jun 202630 Jun 2026US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have arrived in Doha for meetings on the implementation of an initial deal to end the war on Iran, but no direct talks with Iranian officials have been scheduled, according to Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said mediators were working for the time being as go-betweens for the so-called technical talks – negotiations between lower-ranking officials on details.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“To the best of my knowledge, there are no direct meetings scheduled between the two parties in the coming days,” he said.The talks included “tracks on the nuclear side … a track on the economic and state performance issue” as well as security, the spokesman added.Iran had previously said it would send a technical delegation to Doha, focused on the implementation of an existing memorandum of understanding (MoU), including disputes over shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and the release of $6bn in frozen Iranian assets.Esmaeil Baghaei, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, also said on Tuesday that the Iranian side had no plans to meet with US officials “at any level in the next few days”.The Iranian delegation has “a lot of objections, criticisms and concerns” about the pace of the MoU’s implementation, including Article 1, which covers the ceasefire in south Lebanon, Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Vall reported from Tehran.Baghaei reiterated Tehran’s stance on the war in Lebanon when addressing the media on Monday. Advertisement “America must adhere to its commitments and, if necessary, force the Zionist regime [Israel] to implement its commitments,” Baghaei said. “Our criterion for measuring America’s adherence to its commitments is the text of the MOU.”Article 5 of the MOU is also a sticking point, Vall said, adding that “while Iran does see that t …
